Nebraskan Josh Rouse has been operating at the margins of the indie-folk mainstream for almost two decades now, along the … More
Category: New Releases
Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile Review
How do you solve a problem like the Manic Street Preachers, if you’re the Manic Street Preachers? Choices abound; keep … More
The Ballad Of Shirley Collins OST – Review
Everyone’s story can, with some self-effacement, be told in just a few words. Shirley Collins sums up hers pithily during … More
Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Review
“On Exhibit A the band collectively proffer a staggering, perverse strain of country on which to hoist the zero-sum farce of modern politics on its own petard, whilst Perdubaro’s ramshackle post-punk sounds like it might fall apart at any minute.”
The Boxer Rebellion – Ghost Alive Review
People make music derived from all sorts of motivations, whether it’s performed in front of the mirror or a thousand … More
Anna Burch – Quit The Curse Review
For some artists the process of creativity is mostly spontaneous, taking them over like a forest fire and not quitting … More
The Orielles – Silver Dollar Moment Review
Out now on Heavenly. Nestled between two beacons of post-industrial genesis in Leeds and Manchester, successful bands from the town … More
Creep Show – Mr.Dynamite Review
In such venal times, what other refuge is there for anyone but in the depths of the absurd? Anyone who … More
Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending Review
Given that their last album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions was created out of the band’s near demise, the … More
Wild Beasts – Last Night All My Dreams Came True review
It’s rare that you get to choose the terms of your own exit; in the case of Wild Beasts it’s … More
The Voice Of Unreason 